Publication Date: Late October 2013The much-anticipated first book from the founder of The Agrarian Kitchen in Tasmania.When Rodney Dunn, former food editor of Australian Gourmet Traveller moved from Sydney to Tasmania, he and his wife Severine set about establishing a sustainable farm-based cooking school.The Agrarian Kitchen struck a chord with people seeking respite from fast-paced lives and a meaningful connection with the food we eat and the land that produces it. This collection of recipes celebrates the simple pleasures of cooking and eating in tune with the seasons, and the rhythm of a life lived close to the earth.

Alimentari literally means ‘good food and camaraderie’ and that is just what is celebrated at this cult cafe. Full of cafe and deli favourites, Alimentari recipes are perfect for sharing and entertaining with friends and family. It’s where Mediterranean meets Middle Eastern, and where delicious, wholesome ingredients and accessible techniques combine to create the perfect book for home cooking. Think incredible salads, beautiful breakfasts and dinners for entertaining or for the family. The book starts with morning (early breakfast and brunch), midday (light salads, takeaways, mains salads, sitting in), later (Lebanese, from the woodfire, sweets). And finishes with pickles, preserves and condiments. Recipe examples include breakfast favourites such as spanish tortilla; mini ciabatta with scrambled eggs, prosciutto, sea salt; chickpea coriander fritters; and semolina porridge with rhubarb compote. A dedicated salad section includes delicious recipes like like soybean, kale, mint, spring onion and lemon salad; risoni pasta with grilled zucchini, Greek feta, lemon and mint; mother-in-law tabouleh salad; and lunch specials like felafel and kibbeh wraps; stunning sanwiches; and chickpea, fregola and wild fennel soup. Dinners include easy recipes for the family or fuss-free but impressive meals that are perfect for entertaining like suckling pig and fennel lasagne; meatballs; eggplant cannelloni filled with ricotta; Portugese fish stew and cabbage rolls filled with mince lamb, mint, rice, garlic and tomato. Dessert and afternoon tea lovers are not forgotten with Persian love cake; fig and marscapone tartin; red velvet cakes; and baklava. Alimentari recipes are perfect for easy weeknight dinners, entertaining with friends, healthy and flavoursome salads and sandwiches, as well as old favourites for that lazy weekend morning breakfast or afternoon tea. It's the ideal book for the home cook who wants to eat well without the fuss. Like having your favourite corner cafe at home, Alimentari shares the secrets of the best recipes for how we eat today.

South of Johnston (or SoJo, as it's more affectionately known) is a fixture on the brunch circuit of Melbourne foodies.

Sojo has resident bees, fruit trees, herbs and a worm farm too and its food showcases the fruits of the local providores. The Fitzroy cafe is Manhattan meets Melbourne, an artfully converted warehouse with a long airy dining room with communal tables, with an industrial chic edge.

On the menu are brunchy, lunchy recipes for breakfast; pide stuffed with chorizo, egg and spinach, and indulgent brioche French toast with caramelised bananas and ice cream. This is eminently cookable sharable food and easily achieved at home.

A blend of food and lifestyle, the book's content reflects the casual and creative mood of the cafe, with its vintage/industrial look and its locality, a buzzy street in a northerly suburb of Melbourne. The cafe context, as a place where people meet to catch up, do business, relax and work - the cafe as the modern living room where friends meet, eat, talk, relax.

The food is seasonal and produce is sourced locally from trusted providores, so in spring and summer the recipes are bursting with fresh fruits, vegetables and salads and cooling dishes; in winter, the soups and risottos are warming, the porridge creamy with seasonal fruits, the eggs spiced with warming chorizo and truffle oil.After running some of Melbourne's most successful cafes and restaurants Stuart McKenzie decided to concentrate on being his own boss. He put himself into the marketplace of good food and design and South of Johnston, on Collingwood's Johnston Street, parallel to Smith Street, was born. South of Johnston soon became known as Sojo in the neighbourhood and this reflects the casual and familiar feel the cafe exudes. In 2007 he and his partner opened Harts Lane HAUS and Stag & Millies accommodation in the central highlands region of Victoria. Located in the heart of the Daylesford spa country, the properties give a great lifestyle blend of inner city and country living. Stuart plans to open a produce store in 2016 just around the corner from Sojo, on the corner of Peel and Oxford Street, in Collingwood.

Tessa Kiros leads us once again into a world where preparing and eating food is a joy - kitchens are filled with smells of garlic and roast potatoes and children eat fresh-baked bread where they run in from school or feast on fizzy orange and chocolate brownies in dens under trees. Tessa's recipes are delightfully entangled with memories of the energy and excitement of her own childhood and hopes for her daughters. These are recipes that have been passed from friend to friend, through the generations of many families, and swapped over garden fences. This joyful and eclectic collection is put together with the grace and honesty of a daisy chain.

This lushly illustrated book features 80 of the world's very best and most timeless dining destinations, plus hundreds of food experiences to savour in more than twenty countries. It is ripe with tips on how to snag a booking, best times to dine, destination and signature dishes, top tables, and inside knowledge that might save you a fortune or get you onto the chef's table.Around the World in 80 Dinners reveals what makes these standout restaurants courtesy of two very seasoned food travellers who share their impressive trip notes

An amazingly illustrated and visual cookbook WITHOUT any photographs - just amazing illustrations! Superbly created and illustrated by Paul Marshall – one of New Zealand’s leading advertising agency illustrators (and self proclaimed ‘Foodie’). Straightforward, easy to prepare and delicious recipes with gorgeous illustrations and instructions

Building on her uplifting philosophy of thankfulness and gratitude for what we have and enjoy, Meredith shows us how to live well and enjoy a healthy life in her highly anticipated new book, The Art of Wellbeing. Divided into four chapters – Nourish, Comfort, Energize and Blossom – Meredith takes the reader on a beautiful journey to find peace, calm, vitality and healthfulness. Through restorative, plant-based recipes, meditations, yoga practice and other healthful ideas, this book draws on nature to guide us to good health in both mind and body. Meredith’s whimsical, heartfelt illustrations bring these ideas to life, animating a mind-set of happiness and sensitivity, and finding beauty and magic in your daily routine. This is a beautiful gift or self-purchase for anyone looking to find the magic in everyday life.

Once described as the Australian shack, beach houses are now the Australian dream . With new architecture and modern design it is our love of living by the water and having a beach lifestyle. Barry Stone has included some of the most amazing homes along our coastlines from all over Australia. With the design element from an architecture view to the interior design to bringing the outside into the home and living with the water around us.

Every year hundreds of talented amateurs devote hours to preparing entries for cookery competitions run as part of 600 or so agricultural shows across Australia. In their quest for a precious blue ribbon, they use recipes based on generations of experience and strict judging codes that demand absolute perfection.In this follow-up to her first award-winning book, The Blue Ribbon Cookbook, Liz Harfull brings together 70 tried and true recipes from some of the country's most enthusiastic and talented show cooks. But more than that, in The Australian Blue Ribbon Cookbook Liz shares their heart-warming stories, and the wisdom, knowledge and generosity of spirit that brings success, even for novices. Whether it's a traditional Mixed Mustard Pickle or Madeira Cake, mouth-watering Sausage Rolls or Pumpkin Damper, Jenny's Jam Drops or Cousin Barb's Jelly Slice, there is something delicious for everyone to try.The end results may even win you a blue ribbon!PRAISE FOR THE BLUE RIBBON COOKBOOK 'The spirit of the Australian country show permeates the pages of this marvellously nostalgic collection of show recipes, judges' hints and vintage images.' Gourmet Traveller'Here is race memory and the faith of the mothers rewarded - a harvest of thanks made with flour measured out in an old cup without a handle, kept in the kitchen dresser. The secret ingredient is love.' Peter Goers, Sunday Mail

The Australian Heritage Cookbook deserves a place in every kitchen. Full of delicious, nutritious recipes for every occasion, it will provide satisfaction and challenge for every cook. May this book give enthusiasm, creativity and pleasure to the essential art of cooking. This book with all new authentic recipes that are true blue aussies dishes that your mother or grandmother would have made. With some modern twists most are the way we use to cook. How we came together for the Sunday roasts or an evening meal with friends and family while entertaining at home. A great gift as well for international traveler's or for those who want to cook our old fashion dishes that still are in trend today.

Old favourites evoke fond memories of time spent with friends and family, of biscuits and slices made by your Gran, warm pudding to finish up dinner or the loaded cake stall at the school fete.

Collecting our most requested baking recipes, plus some modern classics, this book has everything from finger buns to bliss balls, with decorating tips and ingenuous baking hacks to help you in the kitchen.

The theme is to help everyone prepare and cook great meals quickly and easily, by knowing some simple time-saving techniques. All the tips and tricks from The Australian Women's Weekly Test Kitchen team are here, this book should be the bible for all home cooks, new and experienced alike.